Resolved iPhone 5 3G Internet - Sees but doesn't load pages?

macrumors 6502a

I'm about to ring up Three and ask them about this but I have a funny feeling they won't be of much help.

I activated my iPhone 5 yesterday and put in my Three Nano-SIM on a SIM-Only contract that had started on Saturday. The phone recognised the network and displayed a few bars of 3G signal in my house. I registered to MyThree via the website because the app said I wasn't recognised to be on the Three network. It displays my allowances etc just fine.

I can receive and send calls and texts, and can load pages through WiFi just as usual. However disable WiFi or leave the house, and no matter how good my 3G signal is, it refuses to load any webpages or basically anything that requires the internet.

Is there some part of the activation process I forgot to do or something? Any help appreciated.

On a side note, notifications for things like Twitter and facebook worked brilliantly on my iPhone 4 but for some reason will not work at all on my iPhone 5. I've checked and they're turned on in the notification center...

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I'm about to ring up Three and ask them about this but I have a funny feeling they won't be of much help.

I activated my iPhone 5 yesterday and put in my Three Nano-SIM on a SIM-Only contract that had started on Saturday. The phone recognised the network and displayed a few bars of 3G signal in my house. I registered to MyThree via the website because the app said I wasn't recognised to be on the Three network. It displays my allowances etc just fine.

I can receive and send calls and texts, and can load pages through WiFi just as usual. However disable WiFi or leave the house, and no matter how good my 3G signal is, it refuses to load any webpages or basically anything that requires the internet.

Is there some part of the activation process I forgot to do or something? Any help appreciated.

On a side note, notifications for things like Twitter and facebook worked brilliantly on my iPhone 4 but for some reason will not work at all on my iPhone 5. I've checked and they're turned on in the notification center...

Thanks.

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Which carrier are you on? I'm on Verizon. I've been having issues where loading a web page just hangs and takes forever to bring up the page, or doesn't at all. I've turned off 4G LTE to see if it helps on the battery today and now the phone seems to remain on 2G (circle logo at the top).

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I'm about to ring up Three and ask them about this but I have a funny feeling they won't be of much help.

I activated my iPhone 5 yesterday and put in my Three Nano-SIM on a SIM-Only contract that had started on Saturday. The phone recognised the network and displayed a few bars of 3G signal in my house. I registered to MyThree via the website because the app said I wasn't recognised to be on the Three network. It displays my allowances etc just fine.

I can receive and send calls and texts, and can load pages through WiFi just as usual. However disable WiFi or leave the house, and no matter how good my 3G signal is, it refuses to load any webpages or basically anything that requires the internet.

Is there some part of the activation process I forgot to do or something? Any help appreciated.

On a side note, notifications for things like Twitter and facebook worked brilliantly on my iPhone 4 but for some reason will not work at all on my iPhone 5. I've checked and they're turned on in the notification center...

Thanks.

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We had a similar issue with one on my family's account. Basically, when the 5 was activated, AT&T was too stupid to just update the plan accordingly, thus the data plan was never activated.

That's the issue you are having - the phone functionality works, but you have no valid data plan activated. I would contact them and have them activate an appropriate data plan.

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Which carrier are you on? I'm on Verizon. I've been having issues where loading a web page just hangs and takes forever to bring up the page, or doesn't at all. I've turned off 4G LTE to see if it helps on the battery today and now the phone seems to remain on 2G (circle logo at the top).

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Well basically the Three support was completely useless, they claimed it was a problem with a network first, then a SIM card, then the phone! What's up with that?

I will try the few things mentioned here.

EDIT: And will you look at that, resetting Network settings worked fine. Hahah! What a waste of my time on the phone. I can't believe they asked "Do you know of any friend or relative that also has an iPhone 5 on Three that would be able to test?"

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Trying to find the answer to this very question - Three support just blame the iPhone and say to ring Apple Care.

I joined three last week with a unlocked 5 and since then I can't get internet over 3G - exactly the same as the OP. I can make calls, send texts but no browsing etc.

Resetting my Network Settings temporarily fixes the issue but as soon as I leave my phone for a while and come back it can't connect again (despite full 3G signal). I travel around a bit and this applies everywhere so it's not the masts nearby.

I've found - weirdly, as it shouldn't make any difference - that turning Data Roaming On then Off in Cellular gets me back online. So, maybe a Three network authentication issue? Apparently all my settings have been "provisioned" and should work. Humph.

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same issue here. bot an unlocked 'phone from apple, bot a PAYG nano sim from Three, everything works except the internet. After pulling teeth on the 'phone support, I went into a shop and after the charming sales attendant had a fight with the 'phone support, walked out with a new nano sim. Still no internet though!!! Glad I'm not on a contract with any of these mobile 'phone companies: they all have an atrocious approach to customer service.

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I can obtain and also send calls and also texts, and can weight pages thru WiFi equally usual. However disable WiFi or perhaps allow our home, and also no matter how good my 3G alert is, it refuses to load any webpages or largely anything that requires the internet.

macrumors 6502a

Which carrier are you on? I'm on Verizon. I've been having issues where loading a web page just hangs and takes forever to bring up the page, or doesn't at all. I've turned off 4G LTE to see if it helps on the battery today and now the phone seems to remain on 2G (circle logo at the top).

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hi and thanks from turkey.
i had the same problem with the local GSM operator Turkcell. tried 'Settings>General>Reset>Reset Network Settings' . this solved the problem for the moment.
I suggest but not sure! that a restore from my old iphone might have caused the problem. Anyway hope it does not appear again.

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